Category: Automobiles

Do u know when the new car that you are about to purchase was manafactured? Many car dealers in INDIA are known to palm-off cars that are 6-12 months old or even worse to unsuspecting gullible customers. Car makers the world over have a unique vehicle indentification number which when decoded will help u get the exact date of manafacturing.

list of manafacturers with decoding instructions: 1) TATA MOTORS

10th character represents the YEAR of Manufacture

12th character represents the MONTH of Manufacture

A = JAN

B = FEB

C = MAR

D = APR

E = MAY

F = JUN

G = JUL

H = AUG

J = SEP

K = OCT

L = NOV

M = DEC

Year Codes:

A = 2010

B = 2011

C = 2012

D = 2013

E = 2014

F = 2015

G = 2016

H = 2017

J = 2018

K = 2019

2) MARUTI SUZUKI INDIA.

20th character represents the MONTH of Manufacture

21th character represents the YEAR of Manufacture

Month Codes:

A = JAN

B = FEB

C = MAR

D = APR

E = MAY

F = JUN

G = JUL

H = AUG

J = SEP

K = OCT

L = NOV

M = DEC

Year Codes:

B=2011

A=2010

9=2009

8=2008

7=2007

6=2006

5=2005

We will provide details of other specific manafacturers as requested by our readers.